''Macrourogaleus'' is a genus of palaeospinacid shark from the

Late Jurassic The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987. In European lithostratigraphy, the ...

Solnhofen Limestone. It is probably related to ''

Paraorthacodus ''Paraorthacodus'' is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish. An unidentified species has been found in the Hasle Formation of Bornholm Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, no ...

'' due anatomical similarities seen in whole-body fossils of both genera.

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* Prehistoric shark genera Jurassic sharks Palaeospinacidae Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera Fossils of Germany {{paleo-cartilaginous-fish-stub